Patents by Inventor Eric Gregory Moore

Eric Gregory Moore has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Scheduling diagnostic testing of automated equipment for testing integrated circuit devices
    Patent number: 6061507
    Abstract: A method of using a processor-based integrated circuit (IC) tester (12) to automatically invoke diagnostic testing. A diagnostic schedule (30) is user-defined (FIG. 3), and checked by the tester (12) at various times, such as before and after the tester 12 tests an IC lot (FIGS. 6, 7, 8). The schedule (30) has various scheduling parameters that permit diagnostic testing to be scheduled to occur at certain times, at the expiration of intervals, or upon certain events. The schedule (30) also permits different levels of diagnostic testing, each level with its own schedule. The tester (12) is programmed to run an appropriate level of diagnostic testing if more than one level is due to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Glenn R. Fitzgerald, Lowell Boggs, Jr., Amy Dessert, Michael Allen Walsh, Eric Gregory Moore, Stephanie Luhring Smith, Don L. Simpson